October 2nd, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |
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October 1st, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
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In 1961 the City of Seattle was busy prepping for the next year’s anticipated Century 21 Expo (aka World’s Fair). One of the many pamphlets produced to introduce the world to Seattle was
Seattle The Nation’s Most Beautiful City” — a
humble publication meant to show exactly why Seattle rocks so hard. Two of the most vivid examples were the Alweg Monorail and The Space Needle. Scope out these artist’s renderings and model of the grounds. Click
here for a photo showing what the monorail terminal ended up looking like. As always, click on the thumbnails for larger views. Thanks to John Chilson of
Lost Oregon for this material.
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| Artist’s concept of the monorail terminal in the Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. The Alweg monorail will be capable of carrying 10,000 persons an hour from the Mall to the World’s Fair grounds a mile away. Each trip will take less than 1 1/2 minutes. From “Seattle The Nation’s Most Beautiful City” Copyright 1961, Published by Ellis Postcard Co. |
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| Rendering of the top of the Space Needle with Seattle and Mt. Rainier in background. From “Seattle The Nation’s Most Beautiful City” Copyright 1961, Published by Ellis Postcard Co. |
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| Model showing the World’s Fair grounds. From “Seattle The Nation’s Most Beautiful City” Copyright 1961, Published by Ellis Postcard Co. |
September 30th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post |
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What a day. The largest point drop in U.S. market, ever. Now that’s history

Woah, emoticon. At the risk of merely looking back to the “good old days,” here is an old postcard showing The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas. The hotel had its own financial troubles. Just after opening in 1926, questionable withdrawals were noticed and State Supervisor of Savings and Loans W.L. Nicely
said:
“This resulted in the meeting of the officers and directors with the supervisor October 2, when it was decided, with my advice and concurrence, that instead of closing the institution, the interests of the shareholder would be better served by securing an agreement with Linden and Campbell to make restitution as far as possible by turning over to the association all of their personal and other holdings, including the Camlin Apartment Hotel, under a trust agreement, and that, under the direction of the supervisor an endeavor would be made to restore the impairment of the capital of the association, the same officers and directors to continue in office, and the completion of the Camlin Apartment Hotel, which is under construction, to be carried out.”
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| The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas. Seattle’s distinguished hotel to which has been added the attractive features of the modern motel. Smart tower rooms or cabanas with private lanais. Swim pool, sun deck. Cloud Room and Sky Terrace, high atop the tower, for dining or cocktails. Downtown, handy to everything. Plenty of free parking, free television. |
September 29th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
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File this 1909 hand-tinted shot of Second Ave in the same folder we stashed
this pre-regrade photo and
this comparo. It shows Second Ave with the Standard Furniture Co. Building (now Nordstrom Rack), Moore Theatre, and New Washington Hotel (as opposed to the
old Washington Hotel). Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.
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| Upper Second Avenue. New Washington Hotel and other buildings, all constructed within the past eighteen months. Photo by Webster & Stevens. The Argus, 1909. |
September 25th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |
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September 24th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |
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September 21st, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Old Sport |
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I know this isn’t directly Mariner related, but they are playing the last game today
at Yankee Stadium before it is torn down. I grew up on the east coast going to games at the 85-year old “House That Ruth Built” and wondered why in the world this wasn’t a protected historic landmark. Turns out, the 1970’s
got it (alternate article
here). The Stadium’s 74-75 renovation has been called “unsympathetic.” The Yankees themselves have never asked for a landmark designation because to people like George Steinbrenner, profit will always trump history. Now with that bit of negativity out of the way, let’s check out our Vintage Seattle Player O The Week: Skip Jutze. He was part of the first Mariners season of baseball in 1977 and is known for having hit the first grand slam in M’s history. (Hard) Hats off to you, Skip.
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| Skip Jutze, Seattle Mariners, Catcher, Topps, 1978. |
September 17th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Vintage Ads |
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From the same copy of the 1902 Seattle Mail And Herald that brought us
this West Seattle property ad comes a similar ad for
Rainier Beach. It’s called “the place to live” — complete with electric car line service, sidewalks, street lights, schools, churches, stores. All the good stuff, as well as some steals on property values. Check it out by clicking for more resolution.
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| Rainier Beach. The place to live. Beautiful location on shores of Lake Washington, within 30 minutes ride of Seattle, on 5 cent electric car line. Service from 5:45am to 12pm. Lots average in size 50 x 113 and a 15 foot alley. Prices: $50, $75, $85 and $100. The Seattle Mail And Herald, 1902. |
September 16th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings |
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September 15th, 2008 by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post |
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Had my brother and his wife in town for the weekend, visiting from Reno. It was their first trip to the Pacific Northwest so we hit the usual “first timer” spots like Pike Place. The super nice weather also allowed for a hike around
Mount Si and quick stop by Snoqualmie Falls. Dogs are banned (cue “nanny state” rant) so we just went for a short photo op. I’ve been to the falls so many times now, but every time I see them I’m amazed all over again. Check out this 1903 Lowman & Hanford hand tint card.
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| 1015 — Snoqualmie Falls near Seattle, Wash. Copyright, 1903, by Lowman & Hanford S. and P. Co., Seattle. |